Lead a professional Planning function across Caraway Nigeria Biscuits Confectionary and Snacks operations to maximise service levels to customers while optimizing stocks.
Caraway is centered around West Africa and now has 7 Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria across 6 product categories - Tomato Paste, Seasonings, Instant Noodles, Biscuits, Beverages, and Sweets & Candies.
The planning Manager Biscuits Confectionary and Snacks will have the responsibility for Material planning, Supply planning, coordination of the S&OP process, and will facilitate demand planning across the designated categories.
Key Deliverables
Compliance to planning policies including inventory policy, and categorization of finished goods and raw and packaging material and align with the system integration.
Manage stock levels within agreed policy levels for material and finished goods
Facilitate the demand planning process for all the appropriate categories, focusing on eliminating bias and improving forecast accuracy.
Production planning taking account of demand planning, supply chain policy, capacity limitations, and other production constraints
Materials requirement Planning. Create and maintain the materials requirement plan. Establish material safety stock and reorder levels with accurate lead times. Implement stock plans to achieve stock targets on materials and finished goods.
Master Production Scheduling:
Distribution requirement planning / replenishment
Evaluate risks and opportunities creating contingencies and making decisions
Capacity management planning:
Drive business planning, and in particular, the annual volume planning process which includes interfacing closely with sales, Marketing and finance to ensure timeous delivery.
Support innovation teams in launching new products
Develop and train the Demand planners and supply planners across all operations
Requirements
Development Projects:
Lead ERP projects, integration of SAP MRP. Establish MRP, MPS, and capacity planning processes and align with the system integration